Mar
23
Fare Hike Feedback: SAS on NBC
ByAs the public digests the news that the MTA Finance Committee has approved recommending the Doomsday budget to the MTA Board, I’ll be on TV providing some reaction. Andrew Siff of WNBC interviewed me for a segment that will run during the 30-minute newscast at either 5 p.m. or 6 p.m. on Channel 4 in New York. I’ll also be a guest on Chuck Scarborough’s cable-only 7 p.m. news broadcast. Check here for channel information for the Nightly News broadcast.
As long-time readers of this site could guess, I’m not too happy about the news. The MTA Board has been forced into a corner, and the politicians in Albany are simply spewing excuses. If we’ve known about this impending problem for a year, well, so has Albany. It’s time for the politicians to stop playing games with transit. New York needs its transit funding, and the MTA is now on borrowed time.
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Kudos!
Break a leg.
Good luck, Ben, I’ll be eager to hear what you have to say.
Very cool. Will try to get to a TV.
Well-deserved. Congrats Ben.
Congrats Ben. I would see tonight at 7pm.
Hey! Congrats–give ‘em hell!
Ben – saw you on the 5pm newscast. Great comments. It’s nice to put a face to a name!
I am disappointed to see these new developments. I’d rather see $125 monthly fares than the proposed cuts. It definitely puts a damper on my apartment and job search.
Here ya go
Sorry, I am trying to embed the NBC video
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go here and click
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news.....rease.html